Deuteronomy 23:19:9Deut.23.19.W9TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:20
אֲשֶׁר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- sentence
lo-ta-SHIKH le-a-KHI-kha NE-shekh KE-sef NE-shekh O-khel NE-shekh kol-da-VAR a-SHER yi-SHAKH
Exegesis
A tricolon of neshekh + kesef {כֶּסֶף | kesep̄} ‘on silver’, neshekh + okhel {אֹכֶל | ʾōḵel} ‘on food’, neshekh + kol-davar {כֹּל־דָּבָר | kōl-dāḇār} ‘on everything’, introduced by the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘that’, is completed by the Niphal imperfect yishakh {יִשָּׁךְ | yîšāḵ} ‘it may be charged’. The repeated neshekh in a tricolon emphasizes the all-encompassing nature of the prohibition, and the Niphal voice focuses on the potential for charging rather than the act itself.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:19
You shall not charge interest to your brother on silver, on food, or on anything that can be lent with interest.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 23:19, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר (asher) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.23.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.19.W9.S1) and character.